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Title: FERMI SURFACE NESTING AND PRE-MARTENSITIC SOFTENING IN V AND Nb AT HIGH PRESSURES

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 18, no. 22, May 19, 2006, pp. 5079-5085
OSTI ID:891389

First-principles total-energy calculations were performed for the trigonal shear elastic constant (C{sub 44}) of vanadium and niobium. A mechanical instability in C{sub 44} is found for vanadium at pressures {approx} 2 Mbar which also shows softening in niobium at pressures {approx} 0.5 Mbar. We argue that the pressure-induced shear instability (softening) of vanadium (niobium) is due to the intraband nesting of the Fermi surface.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
891389
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JRNL-217872; TRN: US0605384
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 18, no. 22, May 19, 2006, pp. 5079-5085, Journal Name: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 18, no. 22, May 19, 2006, pp. 5079-5085
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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